Dark Wood is a live, articipatory ritual that invites you into a magic circle, a bounded space where ordinary rules dissolve, and a different logic takes hold. Guided by a repetitive mantra, you will be invited to approach charcoal covered scrolls and begin to erase.
Rather than a conscious imposition of an image, you converse with the grain of the charcoal, the noise of the material, which reveals hidden patterns under the surface. When paths meet, you connect harmoniously. When the mind wanders, the mantra is your lighthouse. You are invited to inhabit a process, a collective cartography of the unconscious, where the traces we leave are artifacts of a shared transformation. After the ritual, we gather to reflect, to discuss the methods of alchemy, active imagination, and the inner guide that emerged from the wood.
Bilderdijklaan 19
5611 NG Eindhoven
www.vanabbehuis.nl
Open
Thu–Sun 13:00–17:00
Mikołaj Stojanowitz is a visual artist and researcher whose work is an exploration of inner/outer transformation through alchemical processes and embodied practice. Working across media and disciplines, he develops methods of “cartography of the unconscious”, using materials like charcoal, paint and code to map landscapes underneath the surface. His work is grounded in magical thought, depth psychology, and a commitment to process as the core artistic gesture. Stojanowicz graduated with a Master of Visual Arts and Post-Contemporary Practice from the Institute of Visual Cultures in Den Bosch, participated in the Raise Your Voice programme at Baltan Laboratories and is currently part of the Apprentice/Master Program at Kunstpodium T. Among others, his work has been exhibited at Het Nieuwe Instituut, IMPAKT Festival, and in a myriad of group exhibitions. Stojanowitz will further develop his Grimoire project, a platform that reimagines the artist’s process as a shared and ritualistic practice. Functioning as a living, online manuscript, it archives and communicates artistic methods rooted in alchemical transformation. Starting with his research into techniques such as meditative drawing, collective cut-ups, immersive ritual, and perceptual games. Each “spell” in the grimoire is a documented protocol, a formula for disrupting habitual thought and inviting re-enchantment through making.
